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<B><A HREF="LABS.html">LABS(3)</A></B> 	       FreeBSD Library Functions Manual 	       <B><A HREF="LABS.html">LABS(3)</A></B>


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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
     <B>labs</B> - return the absolute value of a long integer


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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
     <B>#include</B> <B>&lt;stdlib.h&gt;</B>

     <I>long</I>
     <B>labs</B>(<I>long</I> <I>j</I>)


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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
     The <B>labs</B>() function returns the absolute value of the long integer <I>j</I>.


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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
     <B><A HREF="abs.html">abs(3)</A></B>,  <B><A HREF="hypot.html">cabs(3)</A></B>,	<B><A HREF="floor.html">floor(3)</A></B>,  <B><A HREF="math.html">math(3)</A></B>


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<H2>STANDARDS</H2><PRE>
     The <B>labs</B>() function conforms to ISO 9899: 1990 (``ISO C'').


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<H2>BUGS</H2><PRE>
     The absolute value of the most negative integer remains negative.

BSD				 June 4, 1993				     1
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